Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006

Chronological List

SMITH, ROBERT D.; see pseudonym Jack Dolphin (stories)

SMITH, SARAH (Winthrop) (1947- ) (stories)

• Fearful (ss) Crime Through Time II, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1998

SMITH, STEVIE (1902-1971) (stories)

• The Murderer (pm)

SMITH, TIM (books)

• San Francisco Thrillers [ed. with John Miller] (an) Chronicle Books 1995

SMITH, VERN (stories)

• Foil for the Fire (ss) Iced: The New Noir Anthology of Cold, Hard Fiction, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2001
• The Gimmick (ss) Hard Boiled Love, ed. Kerry J. Schooley & Peter Sellers, Insomniac Press 2003

SMITH, WILLIAM F. (stories)

• His Own Executioner (pm) EQMM May 5 1980
• Oriental Thug (pm) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• Post Mortem (pm) EQMM Jul 23 1980
• Congealed Weapon (pm) EQMM Sep 10 1980
• Literary Larceny (pm) EQMM Dec 1 1980
• Successful Failure (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jul 1983
• The Perfectionists (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1984
• An Almost Perfect Crime (nv) AHMM Apr 1987
• Temporary Solution (pm) EQMM Feb 1990
• One Man’s Meat (pm) EQMM Mar 1990
• Quitting Cold Turkey (pm) EQMM Aug 1990
• Dead Giveaway (pm) EQMM Sep 1990
• Turning the Tables (pm) EQMM Oct 1990
• Cold Comfort (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• Thief’s Brief Grief (pm) EQMM Dec 1990
• The Story That Won: Letter Perfect (vi) AHMM Jul 1992
• Powered Sugar (pm) EQMM mid-Dec 1992
• The Plot Thickens (pm) EQMM Jan 1995
• My Good Deed (nv) AHMM Jun 1996
• Who Put the Poison in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder? (ss) AHMM Jun 1997

SMITH, WILLIAM I. (stories)

• Everybody Calls Me Rocky (ss) EQMM Aug 1976
• What You Don’t Know (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug 1985
• George and the Safety Box Lady (vi) AHMM Apr 1987
• George and Miss Gleason (ss) AHMM Sep 1994

SMITH, WILLIAM M. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Stairway to Nowhere (vi) AHMM May 1993

SMITH, WILLIAM P. (stories)

• The Story That Won: Off the Wall (vi) AHMM Dec 1992

SMITTENAAR, H. G. (stories)

• DeKok and the Hammer Blow, by Baantjer (ss) EQMM Feb 2005 [Insp. Jurriaan DeKok]
• DeKok and the Death of a Rottweiler, by Baantjer (ss) EQMM Jun 2006; from De Cock en een hammerslag, Uitgeverij De Fontein, Baarn, Netherlands, 1996. [Insp. Jurriaan DeKok]

SMOKE, STEPHEN (Lee) (1949- ); see pseudonym Hamilton T. Caine (stories)

SMOKE, STEPHEN L. (stories)

• From the Desk of the Publisher (ed) Mystery Mar/Apr 1980

SMULLYAN, RAYMOND (Merrill) (1919- ) (stories)

• From the Files of Inspector Craig (pz) What Is the Name of This Book?—The Riddle of Dracula & Other Logical Puzzles, Prentice-Hall 1978
• More from the Files of Inspector Craig (pz) What Is the Name of This Book?—The Riddle of Dracula & Other Logical Puzzles, Prentice-Hall 1978
• Unsolve: (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
• Unsolved: A More Interesting Case (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
• Unsolved: A Most Interesting Case of All (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
• Unsolved: A Still More Interesting Case (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
• Unsolved: The Next Trial (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982
• Unsolved: The Second Account (pz) Alice in Puzzle-Land, Morrow 1982

SNELL, EDMUND (1889-?) (stories)

• The Dead Hand of Si Davit (ss) Mystery Stories #4 1936

SNOW, C(harles) P(ercy) [Baron Snow] (1905-1980) (stories)

• A Coat of Varnish (ex) 1979

SNOW, FRANK (stories)

• The Little Tramp (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

SNOW, NICHOLAS (stories)

• I Want My Lawyer (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980

SNOW, ROBERT L. (stories)

• Law & Disorder: Old Salt (ar) The Saint Magazine Jun 1984
• Law & Disorder: Teletype (ar) The Saint Magazine Aug 1984

SNOW, WALTER (1905-1973) (stories)

• Blonde by the Roadside (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1957

SNYDER, FRANK (stories)

• The Slump (ss) AHMM mid-Dec 1994
• Like Father (ss) AHMM Feb 1995
• Carnival Ride (ss) AHMM May 1996

SNYDER, FRED (stories)

• Beer Wine Snacks (ss) Plots with Guns May/Jun 2003
• How to Keep a Secret (ss) Hardboiled #32 2004

SNYDER, KEITH (1966- ) (stories)

• Dead Gray (nv) EQMM Mar/Apr 2007

SO, GERALD (stories)

• A Little Trouble (ss) Shred of Evidence May 2004

SÖDERBERG, HJALMAR (Emil Frederik) (1869-1941) (stories)

• from Dr. Glas (ex) 1905

SOENNICHSEN, JOHN (1952?- ) (stories)

• The Video Fan (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Dec 1984
• Farley’s Ghost (nv) AHMM Jun 1985

SOKOLOFF, THELMA C. (stories)

• Providence Will Provide (ss) EQMM Jan 1 1981
• Memory of a Murder (ss) AHMM Feb 1993

SOLES, CARO; see pseudonym Kyle Stone (books) (stories)

• Bloody Words: the anthology [ed. with Cheryl Freedman] (oa) Baskerville Books 2003

SOLIMINI, CHERYL (stories)

• 5 Authors in Search of a Character (ar) MHCMM #1 1996
• The Beach-Chair Detective (br) MHCMM #1 1996
• The Burglar Who Became a Detective (bg) MHCMM Sum 1998; Lawrence Block on Bernie Rhodenbarr.
• The New Breed of P.I.’s (ar) MHCMM Sum 1998
• Murder in the Wild (bg) MHCMM Fll 1998; Nevada Barr on Anna Pigeon.
• Janet Evanovich Pulls Out a Plum (bg) MHCMM Sum 2000; on Stephanie Plum.

SOLOMITA, STEPHEN (1943- ) (stories)

• You Were Their Hope (nv) Hardboiled #23 1997 [Greg Baiul]
• The Poster Boy (nv) Criminal Records, ed. Otto Penzler, Orion 2000
• The Rescue (ss) Hardboiled #27/28 2001
• Bubba (nv) Murder at the Foul Line, ed. Otto Penzler, Mysterious Press 2006

SOLOMITZ, STEPHEN (stories)

• The Favor (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998 [Greg Baiul]

SOLOMON, STANLEY J. (stories)

• They Know Where I Live (ss) AHMM Sep 1992
• Gift Givers (ss) AHMM Aug 1993

SOLTYSEK, RAYMOND (stories)

• Business (ss) Something Wicked, ed. Susie Maguire & Amanda Hargreaves, Polygon 1999

SOMASUNDRUM, MITHRAN (stories)

• Four Days in April (ss) AHMM Oct 2002

SOMERLOTT, ROBERT (1928- ) (stories)

• The Sergeant Vincente LopezHair of the Widow (ss) EQMM Jan 1965

SOMERS, JEFF (stories)

• Ringing the Changes (ss)

SOMERSET, DAVID (stories)

• Mallory (ss) New Mystery v2 #1 1994

SOMERTON, GARNETT ELLIOT (stories)

• Sangre (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2004

SOMERVILLE, E(dith) Œ(none) (1858-1949) (stories)

• Holy Island [with Martin Ross] (ss)

SOMERVILLE, LEE (stories)

• Man’s Best Friend (ss) AHMM Aug 13 1980
• Miss Amy and the Law (ss) AHMM Jan 1988
• The Black Cat (ss) AHMM Mar 1990

SONDE, SUSAN (stories)

• Break-Up (ss) Crimewave #4 2000

SONIK, MADELINE (stories)

• Abiding Peace (ss) EQMM mid-Dec 1990
• A Mother’s Instincts (ss) Hardboiled Apr 2000

SONTUP, DAN(iel) (1922-2003) (stories)

• Butcher Boy (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr 1958
• Real Pro Murder (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Jun 1958
• The Alabama Tattoo (nv) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug 1958
• Knife Man (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine Oct 1958
• Too Dumb to Steal (ss) AHMM Jun 1995
• Stop, Thief! (ss) AHMM Jul/Aug 1997
• The Bad Guys Out There (ss) Hardboiled #23 1997
• One Dead Ruptured Duck (ss) AHMM Jun 2000

SOOS, TROY (1957- ) (stories)

• Decision of the Umpire (ss) Crime Through Time, ed. Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman, Berkley 1997
• Pick-Off Play (nv) Murderers’ Row, ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press 2001

SOPHOCLES (stories)

• from Oedipus Rex (ex)
• from Oedipus the King (pm)

SORACCO, SIN (1947- ) (stories)

• Double Espresso (ss) San Francisco Noir, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books 2005; (Russian River).

SORRELLS, WALTER (1962- ) (stories)

• Responsibility (ss) Hardboiled #24 1998

SORRELS, ROY (W.) (1938- ) (stories)

• Like a Million Bucks (ss) EQMM Oct 7 1981

SORRENTINO, GILBERT (1929-2006) (stories)

• Steelwork (ex) Pantheon 1970

SOUKUP, MARTHA (1959- ) (stories)

• Things Not Seen (nv) Analog Sep 1992
• Good Girl, Bad Dog (ss) Alternate Outlaws, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor 1994

SOWDER, SHEILA (stories)

• The Tiger’s Tale (ss) Detective Mystery Stories #55 2004

SPAIN, NICK; pseudonym of Dan Gordon, (1916-1982) (stories)

• Duck Behind that Eight-Ball! (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1948

SPANGBERG, REX MILLER; see under Miller, Rex (stories)

SPARER, LAURIE AYLAMA TAYLOR; see under Taylor, L. A. (stories)

SPARK, MURIEL; [i.e., Muriel Sarah Camberg Spark Stanford] (1918-2006) (stories)

• The Leaf-Sweeper (ss) London Mystery #31 1956
• The Portobello Road (nv) Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan 1956
• The Dark Glasses (ss) 1961
• The Hanging Judge (ss) New Yorker May 2 1994

SPARROW, THOMAS; pseudonym of Thomas K. O’Neill, (1947- ) (books) (stories)

• Northwoods Pulp (co) Bluestone Press 1999
• The Devil You Say (nv)
• Hole in the World (nv)
• Social Climbing (nv)
• White Out (nv)

SPEART, JESSICA (stories)

• “Lions’ Roar: Jessica Speart’s Mysteries Raise Wildlife Awareness” by G. Miki Hayden (bg) Murderous Intent Sum 1999

SPEDDING, SALLY (stories)

• Strangers Waiting (ss) Cambrensis 2002
• The Anniversary (ss) Crime on the Move, ed. Martin Edwards, The Do-Not Press 2005

SPEED, JANE (stories)

• A Lady of Refinement (ss) EQMM Dec 1 1980

SPEEGLE, DARREN (stories)

• Triangle (ss) Plots with Guns Mar/Apr 2002
• Johnny Holes (ss) Plots with Guns Sep/Oct 2002

SPEER, HUGH; pseudonym of Victor Rousseau Emanuel, (1879-1960) (stories)

• The Time Dissolver (ss) Spicy Mystery Stories Feb 1937

SPELL, RUSTY W. (stories)

• Pent-Up (ss) Plots with Guns Feb/Mar 2000

SPENCER, DUNCAN (stories)

• Love Gone Wrong: The Story of Jean Harris, and Scarsdale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower (ex)

SPENCER, JOHN (Barry) (1944-2002) (stories)

• Harry’s Down (ss) Fresh Blood, ed. Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski, London: Do-Not Press 1996

SPENCER, NICK (stories)

• The Mamba Tale (ss) EQMM Aug 1984
• The Drum Story (ss) EQMM May 1988

SPENCER, ROSS H(arrison) (1921-1998) (stories)

• Murder Mystery (pm) EQMM Sep 1982

SPENCER, WILLIAM BROWNING (1946- ) (stories)

• Your Faithful Servant (ss) Air Fish, ed. Joy Oestreicher & Richard Singer, Catseye Books 1993

SPENSER, EDMUND (1552-1599) (stories)

• from The Fairie Queen (pm)

SPEYERER, JAY (stories)

• Class Act (ss) EQMM May 1992

SPIEGELBERG, MARTIN (stories)

• The Money to Feed Them (ss) World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Forge 2003; first published in Die Stunde des Vaters und andere Kriminalgeschichten (Death on the Waters and Other Criminal Stories), Verlag Ulmers Manuskripte, 2002.; tr. by Naomi Isaacs

SPIEGELMAN, PETER (stories)

• Location, Location, Location (ss) Hardboiled Brooklyn, ed. Reed Farrel Coleman, Bleak House Books 2006
• The Best Part (ss)

SPIELBERG, CHRISTOPH (stories)

• The Copyist [with Anke Gebert, Paul Lascaux, Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka & Stefan Slupetzky] (ss) EQMM Dec 2006; tr. by Mary Tannert

SPIES, OZ (1978- ) (stories)

• The Love of a Strong Man (ss) The Ontario Review Fll/Win 2004

SPILLANE, FRANK MORRISON; see under Spillane, Mickey (books) (stories)

SPILLANE, MICKEY; [i.e., Frank Morrison Spillane] (1918-2006) (books) (stories)

• Last Ride (ss) Marvel Mystery Comics Jun 1942
• Green Hornet #10: Mike Lancer Story (cs) Green Hornet Dec 1942
• You Can’t Rock a Stock “Jock” (ar) Stag Jul 1952
• Secrets of a Private Eye (ar) Quick Sep 29 1952
• The Veiled Woman (na) Fantastic Nov/Dec 1952
• Everybody’s Watching Me (na) Manhunt Jan 1953 (+2)
• Together We Kill (ss) Cavalier Jan 1953
• The Girl Behind the Hedge (ss) Manhunt Oct 1953; also as “The Lady Says Die”.
• The Lady Says Die (ss) Manhunt Oct 1953
• Fan Letter to Caroll John Daly (lt) ca. 1953
• Crime Detector #3: Mike Danger Story #1 (cs) Crime Detector May 1954
• Crime Detector #4: Mike Danger Story #2 (cs) Crime Detector Jun 1954
• Speaking of Speed (ar) Motor Life Aug 1954
• The Pickpocket (ss) Manhunt Dec 25 1954
• The Enjoyment of Women (ar) Man’s Magazine Jun 1955
• The Screen Test of Mike Hammer (ss) Male Jul 1955
• Tough, Fast and Beautiful (ar) Cavalier Sep 1955
• Down, Down for Gold (ar) Cavalier Nov 1955
• I, the Driver (ar) Clues 1955
• Tomorrow I Die (nv) Cavalier Feb 1956
• I Rode with Hot Rod Moonshiners (ar) Cavalier May 1956
• Sawdust in My Shoes (ar) Clyde Beatty Circus Program 1956
• Sports Car Fiesta (ar) Cavalier Aug 1957
• Stand Up and Die! (nv) 1958
• I’ll Die Tomorrow (ss) Cavalier Mar 1960
• The Girl Hunters (na) Cavalier Jul 1961
• Kick It or Kill (na) Cavalier Jul 1961; also as “The Girl Hunters”.
• The Trouble with Violence on TV (ar) TV Guide Sep 30 1961
• The Affair with the Dragon Lady (ss) Cavalier Mar 1962
• Hot Cat (na) Saga Apr 1964
• The Gold Fever Tapes (nv) Stag Annual #15 1973
• The Dread Chinatown Man (ss) True 1975
• Toys for the Man-Child (ss) True 1975
• The Killing Man (nv) Playboy Dec 1989 [Mike Hammer]
• Blondes Are a State of Mind (pm) Men’s Life Fll 1991
• Murder Is My Business [ed. with Max Allan Collins] (oa) Dutton 1994